Each site poses its own particular challenges and we work closely with partners to get the best possible local knowledge
and expertise in conservation and access. Sharing the information we collect with these collaborators allows us to
look at what the most appropriate way to process it is.
2. COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS
2.1 Historic Scotland
Historic Scotland is the national heritage agency of the Scottish Government and is directly responsible to Scottish Ministers for
safeguarding the nations historic environment, and promoting its understanding and enjoyment. Its role is to advise on all
aspects of the historic environment and carry out statutory functions concerning planning consents. Historic Scotland HS
staff are experts in a range of disciplines and skills from archaeologists to conservators and scientists, custodians and
award-winning visitor services. In recent years it has developed professionally recognised qualifications in traditional skills
training, unveiled world-class improvements to the attractions in its care and invested millions of pounds in conservation
projects across Scotland to safeguard the nations heritage for present and future generations.
2.2
Digital Design Studio, Glasgow School of Art
The Glasgow School of Art is internationally recognised as one of Europes foremost university-level institutions for creative
education and research in fine art, design and architecture. The Digital Design Studio DDS is a state of the art research centre
of Glasgow School of Art focusing on developing cutting edge real-time 3D visualization and interaction technologies. The
DDS is a proactive leader in the development of new technologies, tools, techniques and methodologies that support
new media and digital content creation. In particular, core research focuses on developing new techniques for interaction,
user oriented interfaces, haptics, gesture, 3D sound and real- time photorealistic 3D visualization.
2.3
CyArk
CyArks origin is traced back to the founding of Cyra Technologies in 1993 by Ben and Barbara Kacyra. Cyra was the
first to develop and bring to market the first commercially available integrated system of high-resolution 3D laser scanning
and
cloud of
point software
for the
architectureengineeringconstruction, plant management, and mediaentertainment industries. In 2001 Cyra Technologies was
acquired by Leica Geosystems. The Kacyra Family Foundation was founded in 2000 by Ben and Barbara Kacyra as a 501c 3
charitable trust with part of its mission being the preservation of cultural heritage sites. CyArk was created in 2003 as a nonprofit
project of KFF and became an independent organisation in 2008.
Today, CyArk and its recently established sister organization CyArk Europe, are non profit organisations with the mission of
digitally preserving cultural heritage sites through collecting, archiving and providing open access to data created by laser
scanning,
digital modeling,
and other
state-of-the-art technologies. A key part of CyArks mission is to utilize
technology to tell cultural stories in a way that was never before possible.
CyArk is a leader in digital preservation of cultural heritage sites. It has provided a facility to accept digital preservation data
from partners from over one hundred heritage sites around the world including Pompeii, Italy, Chichen Itza, Mexico, Angkor
Wat, Cambodia and Ancient Thebes, Egypt. 2.4
Site Specific Partners
On each of the Scottish Ten sites, engagement is made at the outset with the site managers and other groups interested in the
protection, preservation and access to the monuments. They are involved throughout the project and help the Scottish Ten team
to prepare for the fieldwork and overcome potential obstacles and providing invaluable local knowledge. This expertise and
the management needs of the people who look after these incredible sites also helps to identify what type of data
development will have the greatest benefit in its long term preservation and presentation.
With the international sites, Historic Scotland leads on the development of a government-government Memorandum of
Understanding to facilitate each stage of the project. For Mount Rushmore, this involved an agreement with the US National
Park Service, for Rani ki Vav the relationship was with the Archaeological Survey of India, the government heritage body.
In China, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage were the principal government partner and in Sydney, the Sydney Opera
House Trust and New South Wales Government participated in the agreements.
2.5
Roles and Practicalities of Partnerships
Historic Scotland and Glasgow School of Art established a limited
liability partnership,
the Centre
for Digital
Documentation and Visualisation CDDV in 2010, on behalf of the Scottish Government to deliver the Scottish Ten and
other select projects using cutting edge technology together with renowned expertise from both HS and DDS. The CDDV
partnership promotes and celebrates Scotlands cultural heritage at home and abroad and enhances Scotlands reputation for
developing world class and innovative research and development.
Historic Scotland leads on selection of the international sites in association with Scottish Ministers. HS then works to facilitate
the agreements to allow the projects to take place. The Scottish Ten project contributed to positive international engagement
between governments, referred to as “cultural diplomacy”. A diverse team of specialists including archaeologists,
scientists, surveyors, architects, visualization specialists and designers from both DDS, HS and CyArk take part in the data
acquisition at each site before the data is processed and developed into heritage visualisation tools at the Digital Design
Studio. The Historic Scotland team is responsible for production of any conservation applications derived from the
data, such as CAD drawings or condition monitoring tools. CyArk functions in an advisory role for the Scottish Ten, and a
member of the CyArk team provides on-site project support for the international sites. On large-scale complex projects this is a
critical data management role. In addition, CyArk will play a key role in the archiving and dissemination of the Scottish Ten
data.
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